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I don't suppose the #Commodore64 has something equivalent to the #AppleII PR#n/IN#n from BASIC? On an Apple II it's easy to redirect BASIC so it reads & writes to a serial port allowing remote control of the Apple II from another machine.

On my #C64 I've got a program loaded and I'd like to be able to dump the bytes in RAM out a serial port so I can check if any bytes are missing or the wrong value. I need to do it without stomping on the loaded program.

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Thanks everyone! I managed to get a dump of the program in RAM to user port serial and compare what was loaded to what it should be. Typing in an immediate BASIC statement didn't overwrite the program:

OPEN129,2,3,CHR$(10):FORI=1TO26059:PRINT#129,PEEK(2048+I);:NEXTI:CLOSE129

A quick python hack of `[int(x) for x in text.split()]` converted the printed decimal values to binary and I was able to do a diff.

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@thomasfuchs I can't believe you until Technology Connections says it's true.

@thomasfuchs these? They don’t look like they take a replaceable battery. I remember having power supplies and more of them.

@thomasfuchs And it definitely shouldn't have 4 arrow keys, only 2.

Bought all the parts for this over a month ago and didn't get around to putting it together because I have been distracted by QuickTake cameras. It's going to become a NAS running Devuan and pure ZFS over 5 drives.

Devuan installed easy enough as ext4, but there's no option to format and install as ZFS. I found instructions for doing a ZFS install for Debian and since Devuan is a Debian fork, I'm hoping the instructions will be close enough.

The ZFS install instructions want to boot from a live ISO and then install all the ZFS stuff into the live filesystem, then do an install from there. Because of various license problems with ZFS it has to built from source. Which seems to work except for one little problem: it builds for a newer kernel version than the one that boots from the Devuan live. 😕

So now I have to figure out how to replace the vmlinuz and initrd.img on an ISO9660 filesystem.

Anyone need an ISA Ethernet adapter? They have dozens and dozens at this Goodwill. $3 each. #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

@thomasfuchs How does the timesharing work on it?

Current acoustic status #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

@root42 one of these days I’m going to be brave enough to try plugging this one in.

@thomasfuchs Constitution class or Galaxy class?

@thomasfuchs I tried that and I got a box of Atari power supplies.

@thomasfuchs That's based on the PET numbering scheme or the VIC numbering scheme?

@thomasfuchs The last thing I tried to get some value out of the game was go around and find all the shrines. The puzzle ones were ok, but there too meany "Feats of Strength" ones that were no fun at all. After hitting too many of those I gave up.

@thomasfuchs I'm still wondering if I'm going to bother with getting BotW2. BotW made me rage quit constantly, I hated the breaking weapons and the unbeatable monsters. I would play for a bit then put it aside for several months, and after a couple of years of that I gave up.

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